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The King's Birthday Honours 2023 Overseas and International List: Knight Bachelor and Order of the British Empire

Published 16 June 2023

Knight Bachelor

Professor Oliver HART, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard University, United States of America. For services to Economic Theory.

Order of the British Empire

CBE: Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Albert MENA, lately Financial Secretary, Government of Gibraltar. For services to His Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar.

OBE: Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Professor Andrew BASTAWROUS, Chief Executive, Peek Vision. For services to Eye Health Overseas.

Juliet de BAUBIGNY, General Partner, Bond Capital. For services to British Entrepreneurship, to Charity and to the Promotion of Diversity within the Technology Sector.

Philip BIGLEY, Trustee and Chair of the Board of Trustees, Hostage International. For services to those affected by Kidnap and Hostage Situations Internationally.

Andrew BOLTON, Wendy Yu Curator In Charge, The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States of America. For services to Art and Fashion.

Stephen BULL, Chair, Renewable UK; Executive Vice President, Aker Solutions. For services to the UK’s green transition and to UK/Norway Relations.

Matthew CARTER, Group Chief Executive Officer, Depaul International. For services to the Global Humanitarian Sector.

Julia CROUCH, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Moscow, Russia. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Omar DAAIR, British High Commissioner Kigali, Rwanda. For services to British Foreign Policy and to International Development.

Patrick DUNNE, Chair, EY Foundation and Chair, Education Sub Saharan Africa (ESSA). For services to Charity and to Philanthropy in Africa and the UK.

Dr David FERRAND, Former Chief Executive Officer, Financial Sector Deepening Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya. For services to International Development.

Professor Ivor GABER, UK Government Adviser, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Professor, Political Journalism, University of Sussex. For services to Media Freedom Internationally.

Peter HAILEY, Founder and Director, Centre for Humanitarian Change. For services to Humanitarian Assistance in East Africa.

Ursula HART, Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

James HAYWARD, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

David HEATH, Counsellor, Political Affairs, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

James HOOLEY, Joint Head, Royal and Coronation Unit, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Jason JAMES, Director General, the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. For services to UK/Japan relations.

Shamini JAYANATHAN, Barrister-at-law; Chief Executive Officer, Arcturus Consultancy Ltd; Associate Tenant, Foundry Chambers, London. For services to the Rule of Law and to International Development.

Richard KEITH, Board Member and Chairman, Turquoise Mountain Foundation. For services to Protecting Heritage and Communities Overseas.

Charles MAYHEW MBE, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tusk Trust. For services to Conservation and to Communities in Africa.

Angus McKEE, Head, Intelligence Policy Department, National Security Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Professor Christopher MILROY, Forensic Pathologist, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. For services to Forensic Pathology.

Warwick MORRIS, lately Chairman, Vietnam-UK Network. For services to UK relations with Vietnam and The Republic of Korea.

Piers RENNIE, Head of Section, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Stephen STENNING, Director, Culture in Action, British Council. For services to UK Cultural Relations.

Ian TILLING MBE, President, Casa Ioana Association, Romania. For services to Civil Society in Europe, particularly in Romania.

James VAUGHAN, lately International Director, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. For services to Worldwide Drowning Prevention.

MBE: Member of the Order of the British Empire

Jaime ACOSTA, Headmaster, St. George’s School, Bogota, Colombia. For services to Education and to Environmental Protection.

Rachel AGELOU, Senior Humanitarian Civil Military Affairs Advisor, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oslo, Norway. For services to Peace and Stabilisation Overseas.

Garth ARCH, Chairman, The Children and Youth Services Foundation, Cayman Islands. For services to Business, Commerce and the Community in the Cayman Islands.

Andrew BAKER, Class Teacher, King’s College Junior School, Wimbledon; Founder of Obera Schools’ Project, Kenya. For services to Education and to the Community in Obera, Kenya.

Briony BAX, Trustee, Saidia Children’s Charity; Founder and Chair, The Orphan Support League. For services to Vulnerable Children in Kenya.

Victoria BEACH, Trustee, Friends of St. Michael’s Girls Primary School, Busembatia, Uganda. For services to Empowering Girls in Uganda.

Megan BICK, Trustee, British Emergency Action in Russia and the Republics. For services to Civil Society Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Eric BLAIR, Honorary British Consul, Monaco. For services to British Nationals in Monaco.

Professor Frank BOWLING, Professor of Translational and Experimental Medicine; Departments of Diabetes and Vascular Surgery, Manchester Foundation Trust. For services to Medical Organisations Overseas.

John BROADFOOT, Chairman/Founder, SOS Kit Aid. For services to developing Rugby around the world.

Gail CARRERAS, Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist, Gibraltar. For services to the Disabled Community in Gibraltar.

Duncan COLLARD, Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Joe CONNELL, Security Consultant. For services to Security, Counter Terrorism and International Security Capacity Building.

St John COOMBES, Director, Cyprus International Financial Services Association, Cyprus. For services to the British Community in Cyprus.

Peter CRADOCK, Volunteer, Voluntary Service Overseas. For services to International Development.

Francis DICKINSON, Heritage Leader. For services to Armed Forces Commemoration Work in Malta and the UK.

Dr Joanna DURBIN, Chief of Party, USAID Mikajy, Madagascar. For services to Biodiversity Conservation in Madagascar.

Denise EAD, former Charity Trustee, Helping Uganda Schools. For services to the Education and Health of Children in Uganda and Rwanda.

Christopher EVANS, Co-owner of Applewood Permaculture Centre, Advisor to the Himalayan Permaculture Centre, and Agroecology Volunteer with Voluntary Service Overseas. For services to International Development through the introduction and promotion of Sustainable Farming Practices in Rural Nepal.

Dr Keith FARRELL, Vice-Chairman, the Gibraltar Heritage Trust. For services to the Protection and Preservation of Gibraltar’s Heritage.

Helen FENNELL, President, Prime Skills Association, Albufeira, Portugal. For services to Young People in the Algarve, Portugal.

Alex FRANKLIN, Supply Chain Manager, Crown Agents and Palladium. For services to International Humanitarian Emergency Response.

Ian GOSLING, Trustee and Legal Advisor, Hertford British Hospital Charity, France. For services to British Nationals in France.

Kelvin GREEN, lately Consular Regional Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, British High Commission Pretoria, South Africa. For services to British Nationals Overseas.

Gillian GRIFFITH, Co-Founder and Trustee, The Safe Water Trust. For services to Health and Economic Development Overseas.

John GRIFFITH, Co-Founder and Trustee, The Safe Water Trust. For services to Health and Economic Development Overseas.

David HARDCASTLE, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Daryl-Ann HARDMAN, Founding Trustee and Chairwoman, Friends of the Belarusian Children’s Hospice. For services to Children’s Palliative Care in the Republic of Belarus.

Denise HARVEY SHERRARD, Independent Publisher. For services to Literature and to UK/Greece Cultural Relations.

Nimo HASSAN ABDILAHI, Director, Somalia NGO Consortium. For services to Humanitarian Assistance and Development in Somalia/Somaliland.

Rebecca HAYWARD, Visits Officer, UK Delegation to NATO, Brussels, Belgium. For services to British Foreign and Defence Policy.

Claire HENDERSON, Executive Director, Helping Hands, Healing Hearts, Baguio, the Philippines. For services to Vulnerable Children in the Philippines.

Carwyn HILL, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Hope Health Action. For services to International Healthcare, Food Aid and Education.

Daniel HILL, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Wayne IVES, Head, United Nations Political and Multilateral Candidacies, Multilateral and Human Rights Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Robert KEEN, Co-founder and Executive Director, JENGA Community Development Outreach, Uganda. For services to Charity and Community Development in Uganda.

Sarah LATHAM, Deputy Head, Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations Unit, Protocol Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Dr Michael LONDESBOROUGH, Chemist Researcher. For services to UK/Czech Republic Science Co-operation and to Education.

Hannah MAUNDER, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Belinda PERKINS, Event Manager, Protocol Events and Hospitality Team, Protocol Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Margot RAGGETT, Founder and Director, Remembering Wildlife. For services to International Wildlife Conservation.

Professor Lauren REA, Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Sheffield. For services to Education in Latin America and the UK.

Rosamund ROBERTS, Honorary Consul, The Bahamas. For services to British Nationals in The Bahamas.

The Reverend Canon Malcolm ROGERS, Chaplain St. Andrew’s Anglican Church Moscow and the Archbishop’s representative to the Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow, Russia. For services to the British and Commonwealth Community and to the Anglican Church in Moscow, Russia.

Lynne ROSSITER, Event Manager, Protocol Events and Hospitality Team, Protocol Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Samantha SELLER PACHT, Head of Cyber Threats, Cyber Policy Department, National Security Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Karen STEEN, Executive Head Teacher, Falkland Islands Schools, Falkland Islands. For services to Education in the Falkland Islands.

James WATLER, Retired Civil Servant, the Cayman Islands. For services to Public Service and Education in the Cayman Islands.

Zoe WESTON, Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Keith WILSON-JABBAR, Area Manager, Secure Technical Services Officers, British Embassy Beijing, China. For services to Security across the China Network.

Sheila WINDRIDGE, Founder and Trustee, Edirisa UK. For services to Local Communities in South West Uganda.

Fouzia YOUNIS, lately Head of Communications, British High Commission Islamabad, Pakistan. For services to British Foreign Policy.

BEM: British Empire Medal

Rosemary CALDWELL, Volunteer, Kenya. For services to Local Communities and to Animal Welfare in Kenya.

Shane FREEMAN, Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Sylvia GALLIMORE, Treasurer and Trustee, Have Stick Will Travel. For services to Charity and to Local Communities in Spain and the United Kingdom.

Barbara GRAY, Ex-Chair, Women’s Royal Voluntary Service, Portugal. For services to the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service and for Community Work in Lisbon, Portugal.

Erma LEWIS, Founder and Chair, Erma’s Jamaica Hospital Appeal fund; Founder and Trustee, Wheelchair Recycling We Can Do. For services to Charity.

Barbara MORGAN, Vice Consul, British Consulate General Los Angeles, United States of America. For services to British Nationals Overseas.

Daniel O’DONOGHUE, Head, UK Visas and Immigration, British Consulate General New York, United States of America. For services to UK Visa Operations in the Americas.

Kay RAWBONE, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sailability Hong Kong Ltd. For services to Inclusive Sailing in Hong Kong.

Alison ROGERS, Spouse of the Chaplain, St. Andrews Anglican Church Moscow, Russia. For services to the British Community in Russia.

Suzanne ROMERO, Clinical Nurse Manager, Primary Care Centre, Gibraltar Health Authority, Gibraltar. For services to Health in Gibraltar.

Barbara ROWE, Desk Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. For services to British Foreign Policy.

Paul SHEPPARD, Secure Technical Services Officer, British Embassy Moscow, Russia. For services to the British Embassy Moscow.

Ann STEELE, Private Secretary to the Deputy Permanent Representative, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, New York, United States of America. For services to British Foreign Policy.

David WRIGHT, Lisbon Area Representative and lately Vice-Chairman, the Portugal and Atlantic Islands Branch of the Royal British Legion. For services to the Royal British Legion in Portugal.